MelodyCan is a powerful piece of software to convert any purchased or copied music or movie files and almost any audio and video files, both protected and non-protected, to commonly used formats such as MP3, AAC, WAV audio, MPEG4, DivX video.

MelodyCan 5 in 1 main features:
Convert Any Purchased or Copied Music!
* Convert practically any audio file which can be played on your PC for use on iPod, Zune, any other portable mp3 players and mobile phones
Convert Video Clips and Movies!
* Convert most video formats for use on your video iPod, any portable MP4 players and home DVD players
Remove DRM Protection from Audio & Video Files!
* Are you tired of annoying DRM protection, of impossibility to use your purchased protected music and videos on multiple PC’s and players? MelodyCan will help you
Rip Audio CDs!
* New Melodycan version features easy to use Audio CD Ripper! Now you’ll be able to convert music from audio CD’s as well as from your hard disk drive
Save YouTube Videos!
* YouTube video sharing service provides you with endless hours of entertainment. MelodyCan YouTube Ripper will download YouTube videos and save them to your PC with ease

MelodyCan converts audio & video files from: iTunes, Napster To Go, Yahoo Music, Zune, MusicMatch, MSNMusic, MusicLoad, MTV URGE, MusicNow, BuyMusic, AOL Music, Virgin Digital, Bearshare, Beon Music, Peer Impact, iMusica, Ruckus, Rhapsody, Wal-Mart, Audible, Sony Connect, Akuma, Listen JP, OnGen, Connect-Europe, BigPond Music, Soundbuzz, digiRAMA, iMusica, Cdigix, MP3.com, Puretracks, Metro Tunes, Fnac

Developer: MelodyCan
License: Shareware
OS: Windows All
Size: 19.2 MB
Download MelodyCan 3.4.1 link

One of the most advanced codec packs with essential codecs to play many popular media formats.

Codec has the most powerful, user-friendly and fully customizable installer to keep your Windows in great condition. Forget about unnecessary files and bad registry entries from other codecs!

CoreAVC® Video Codec 1.6.5.0
DivX 6.8 Codec
XviD 1.1.3 (28.06.2007)

CoreAAC Audio Decoder 1.2.0.575 rev.3
AC3Filter 1.46

* all essential codecs in one pack
* always the latest version of codecs
* no advertising, no spyware

Developer: M5studio
License: Freeware
OS: Windows All
Size: 4.7 MB
Download Codec 8.3 link

Batch Video Converter is a powerful batch Video converter supporting nearly all video format, including AVI, MPEG, RM/RMVB, ASF/WMV, DivX. With it, you can easily convert AVI to MPEG/VCD/SVCD/DVD/WMV, RM/RMVB to AVI/MPEG/VCD/ SVCD/DVD, ASF/WMV to AVI/MPEG/VCD/SVCD/DVD, AVI/MPEG/ASF/WMV to AVI, AVI/MPEG/ASF/WMV to ASF/WMV.it supports AVI(DivX, XviD, MPEG4…), MPEG1, MPEG2, VCD(.DAT), RM/RMVB, ASF/WMV formats and all media formats to DivX (MPEG4) and AVI,PAL-to-NTSC conversion and vice versa are also included.

You can change the codec/System type between them including PAL<=> NTSC, Divx <==> cinpeak,as well as support for streaming media (WMV/ASF). Skinable UI with 13 built-In skins.The very user-firenldy and easy-to-use interface lets you easily preview video files and batch convert.

Developer: AnyToDVD.COM
License: Shareware
OS: Windows All
Size: 4.1 MB
Download Batch Video Converter 4.6.0 link

Batch WMV to AVI MPEG WMV VCD SVCD DVD Converter is a powerful, splendid, and simple to use application for WMV to AVI, WMV to MPEG, WMV to VCD, WMV to DVD, and WMV to SVCD video converting.

The main features include:
* Batch convert WMV, ASF files to AVI, MPEG, VCD ,SVCD, DVD formats;
* Support different AVI video Codecs, such as DivX, Xvid, MPEG4;
* NTSC/PAL setting option;
* input preview;
* Skinable UI with 13 built-In skins;
* Change the framerate, image size etc as you like;
* high audio quality;
* support for no-sound WMV files;
* Very user-friendly interface and easy to use;
* and optimized performance for Intel Pentium 3 and 4, and AMD Athlon processors.

Developer: AnyToDVD.COM
License: Shareware
OS: Windows All
Size: 3.7 MB
Download Batch WMV to AVI MPEG WMV VCD SVCD DVD Converter 4.8.0 link

VLC media player (VideoLAN) - the cross-platform media player and streaming server

VLC media player (VideoLAN) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, …) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

VLC media player (VideoLAN) features:
* It is a free cross-platform media player
* It supports a large number of multimedia formats, without the need for additional codecs
* It can also be used as a streaming server, with extended features (video on demand, on the fly transcoding, …)

Developer: VideoLAN
License: Freeware
OS: Windows All
Size: 9.3 MB
Download VideoLAN - VLC media player 0.8.6f link

Windows Essentials Codec Pack is a collection of Video and Audio Codecs and tools that are required to Encode / Decode (i.e., PLAY) Audio and Video files. With Windows Essentials Codec Pack you should be able to play 99% of all the movies and music files that you download off the internet, and stay up to date with the latest Codecs through W.E.C.P’s Audio / Video Codec Update Service.

W.E.C.P. is designed as a near complete solution for all your video and audio needs, with it you can play Audio CDs, DVDs, (S)VCDs and XCDs on the fly, and it adds support for 3GP, AAC, AC3, APE, AVI, DivX, 3ivx, DAT, h.264, x264, AVC, Nero Digital, DTS, FLV, FLAC, HD-MOV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, M4A, MPC, MP3, MP4, MO3, MOD, MKV/MKA, MTM, OFR, TTA, OGG/OGM, S3M, Vorbis, VOB, WavPack, ATRAC3, XviD, XM, WV, UMX and many more formats so you could play any video / audio file with your favorite media player or with the free and wonderful Media Player Classic player that comes included with W.E.C.P.

So which Codecs / DirectShow / VfW Filters / Tools does W.E.C.P. includes ?

• APE Source Filter: DirectShow audio decoder filter used to decode Monkey’s Audio files (APE files)
• AC3 Filter: DirectShow audio decoder and processor filter used to decode audio tracks in movies (DVD, MPEG4 and others)
• AVI Splitter: Replacement for DirectShow’s default Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Splitter (It can open many broken files and can reindex when needed)
• CDDA Reader Filter: DirectShow audio decoder capable of reading Audio CDs
• CDXA Reader Filter: DirectShow video decoder capable of reading (S)VCDs and XCDs
• CoreAAC Filter: Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) DirectShow audio decoder capable of reading AAC files
• CoreFlac Decoder: DirectShow audio decoder for the Flac audio codec
• FFDShow: DirectShow decoding filter for decompressing DivX, XviD, H.264, FLV1, WMV, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and various other audio and video formats. It uses libavcodec from ffmpeg project for video decompression, postprocessing code from mplayer to enhance visual quality of low bitrate movies, and is based on original DirectShow filter from XviD, which is GPL’ed educational implementation of MPEG4 encoder
• FLV Splitter: Capable of splitting Flash Video files (FLV) and decoding On2 VP62 Video streams (notable users of the FLV format include YouTube, Google video, Reuters.com, Yahoo! Video and MySpace.)
• OGG Splitter: DirectShow OGG Splitter capable of splitting OGG and OGM file(s) and enables to play / create .ogm wrapped video
• GPL MPEG-1/2 Decoder: DirectShow MPEG decoder filter can be used to play MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 streams
• MOD Source Filter: DirectShow filter decoder capable of decoding Tracker files (MO3, IT, XM, S3M, MTM, MOD and UMX)
• MPEG Splitter: DirectShow splitter capable of splitting MPEG1/MPEG2 files (MP(E)G, VOB, DAT, TS, TP, etc.)
• MPV Decoder: DirectShow decoder capable of decoding MPEG1/MPEG2 Video streams, and DVDs
• MPA Splitter: DirectShow Splitter capable of splitting MPEG Audio files (MP3) and MPEG4 Audio files (AAC)
• MPC Source Filter: DirectShow decoder filter capable of decoding MusePack Audio files (MPC).
• MP4 Splitter: DirectShow Splitter capable of splitting MP4, M4A, 3GP and HD-MOV files
• Matroska Splitter: DirectShow splitter capable of splitting Matroska files (MKV and MKA)
• Media Player Classic: an open source media player that looks just like Windows Media Player, but has many additional features. It has a built in DVD player with real-time zoom, support for AVI subtitles, QuickTime and RealVideo support
• OFR Source Filter: DirectShow filter decoder capable of decoding OptimFROG Audio files (OFR)
• RealMedia Splitter: DirectShow splitter that allows you to play RealNetworks audio/video files.
• SHOUTcast Source Filter: DirectShow decoder filter capable of handling internet radio stations streams (http://www.shoutcast.com)
• WV Splitter / Decoder: DirectShow WV Splitter and decoder capable of splitting and decoding WavPack Audio files (WV)
• VobSub Filter: DirectShow Vob Subtitles filter capable of displaying (embedded) Subtitle files (SRT, SUB, IDX, etc)

Developer: Mediacodec.org
License: Freeware
OS: Windows All
Size: 8.2 MB
Download Windows Essentials Codec Pack 1.0 link